Show 47 r ih af rew few PC husbands realize how mean tt myya a wife wl fe feel to be obliged to ask P 98 ra oney aney C particularly when she real ws 8 that t her husband ia 12 utterly blind blin d I 1 to the need which prompts her to become a suppliant in the home he never notices that the plates platea set before him are beginning to show marks 0 of hard bard usage that the spotless has abeen been darned in several pieces or that the childrens shoes are it the j ensemble is comfortable he Is contents content i and wonders why in the world hla his wife wants new china tablecloths table cloths or anything else the very man who grumbles when he gives his wife 5 for or a new pair of shoes frequently has a halt half dozen pair but little worn standing on the floor of his closet he think of wearing a shoe with a patch but is horribly put out when his wife wi fe informs abeen him that the single bingle pair she abe has been wearing steadily tor for six months must be replaced he intend i to be mean he cant help his lack of 1 observation and in ill consequence the 1 wife feels like some guilty thing when she only asks him for money with which to buy the necessary food or clothing I 1 we feel inclined to shake all those women who do not at the outset of their matrimonial career insist upon I 1 an allowance for their household expenses and a definite sum to be used for their own wardrobe it the proposition is placed before a man in a business light he will undoubtedly see its advantage over the old way unless he be is one of those born turks who enjoys seeing his wife in the role of a slave and then he will probably contend that such a course would make her too independent and should therefore be toi tai booed bloed independence is just bibat he himself demands and he be would feel highly indignant it if places were reversed roi rei i and he had to ask tor for his bis carfare or money to buy a new necktie moreover he likes to have his home band and his wife and his children appear pleasing in the sight of the world and aad I 1 it if he did but know it the allowance plan would work a long way toward I 1 achieving this end economy would be the outgrowth of such a scheme tor forg knowing that so much could abe have and no more the wife would prove eber her own cleverness by little saving devices that would make the money go much farther than when she gets it in dribbles for which she has to offer eions largely out of proportion to the sum given her insist upon an allow ance old wives and young wives ivea itla it Is a big item of matrimonial happiness which once commenced will win approbation from all whom it concerns philadelphia times |